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Bavaria (symbol)
Female figure symbolising Bavaria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bavaria is the female symbolic figure and secular patron of Bavaria and appears as a personified allegory for the state of Bavaria in various forms and manifestations. She thus represents the secular counterpart to Mary as the religious Patrona Bavariae.
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In the visual arts, the colossal bronze statue in Munich is the best-known and most monumental depiction of Bavaria. It was commissioned by King Ludwig I (1786–1868) between 1843 and 1850 and stands in structural unity with the Ruhmeshalle on the edge of the slope above the Theresienwiese.
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After the Baroque colossal statues of the 17th century, it is the first example of its kind from the 19th century and the first colossal statue to be made entirely of cast bronze since antiquity. It was and is a technical masterpiece.